Louder, stronger than ever,
pop-punk maestros A are back
and this time theyre serious.
Hi-Fi Serious to be precise.
Hi-Fi Serious is the British
bands brand new album, an
explosive, hyperactive
celebration of all things
great and all things rock.
Having first thundered onto
the music scene with their
supercharged 1999 America
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Louder, stronger than ever,
pop-punk maestros A are back
and this time theyre serious.
Hi-Fi Serious to be precise.
Hi-Fi Serious is the British
bands brand new album, an
explosive, hyperactive
celebration of all things
great and all things rock.
Having first thundered onto
the music scene with their
supercharged 1999 American
debut album, Monkey Kong, A
once were the rock worlds best
kept secret. But now all of
that has changed. Hi-Fi
Serious entered the charts in
their native England in the
Top 20 and the albums first
single, Nothing, a feast of
crushing riffs, electronic
dynamics and super infectious
melodies, entered at No. 9.
And that was just phase one in
the bands plan for world
domination.

The songwriting has gone up
seven notches, explains bass
demon Dan Carter. The vocals
had gone up seven notches and
everything else had to.
Everything had to be better,
more, bigger and more
international. I dont want to
be in a twee little English
band, I wanna be in a big
international rock act. With
devil horns. A are making
serious inroads to fulfilling
Dans ambition, and recording
the album at ICP Studios in
Brussels was a good start.
Having played in 27 countries
to support the criminally
overlooked album Monkey Kong,
frontman Jason Perry,
recognizable by his seemingly
ever present golf visor and
bizarre dancing, remains full
of enthusiasm for his
travels.

Its been amazing. Weve been
from East German football
stadiums to massive arenas to
playing in front of five
people in the American
Mid-West, then onto 20,000 on
the West Coast the next day.

And now that the music world
has undergone a true rock
rennaisance-with the likes of
Linkin Park, Blink 182 and
Papa Roach making rock cool
again-the time couldnt be
better for A. Weve been A for
the past however many years,
unashamedly A and almost felt
like a square peg in a round
hole, especially in the U.K.,
explains Jason at lightning
pace. People would look at us
and go, youre from
California.And now the climate
has come around to our way of
thinking and all you see is
black hooded tops, just kids
into rock music.
Hi-Fi Serious, however, is
definitely THE A album.
Produced by Al Clay (Pixies,
Therapy?), it ranges from the
stomping great metallic riffs
of Shut Yer Face and Nothing
(our little nod to Faith No
More, according to Dan) to the
ultra-infectious emo-tinged
pop-punk of such tracks as
Pacific Ocean Blue. A true
highlight from Hi-Fi Serious
is Starbucks, which is not
exactly a paean to the
corporate multinational coffee
provider.
We had a big discussion on
tour about what wed do if this
all ended now, and we were
like, we could probably sort
something out in the long
term, but wed probably all end
up working in McDonalds or
something, chuckles Dan, and
this ridiculous conversation
started, Id rather work in
Burger King, No, McDonalds is
better than that. And it ended
up with the ultimate job out
of those sort of fast food
jobs would be working in
Starbucks!

Plus it would be good to have
someone working in Starbucks
who could work the till, quips
Jason.

Having been long-term fans of
Van Halen, A have acknowledged
that influence most notably on
The Distance, a track that
features searing Eddie styled
solos from guitarist Mark
Chapman. Mark was reticent
about putting the track down,
since the rest of the band
were eager to finish for the
day and get some Belgian beer
down. Having finally been
persuaded, Mark cranked out
the solo of his life, leaving
everyone aghast and with
scorched air guitar fingers.
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Tags Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock